quaint
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5.8
- adjective
- /kwent/
:
pintoresco
- It is in a quaint little part of town with a cobblestone street in front.
- a quaint village
- a quaint town
- a quaint little house
It's so cute and quaint and pretty wonderful, actually.
- It's so cute and quaint and pretty wonderful, actually.
- It's really quaint and quiet here.
- Oh, oh, like a really quaint and beautiful place to go have brunch or something.
- Although these days, the idea that Twitter might be good for democracy is almost a little quaint.
- They were afraid that his documentary would make fun of them, that the whole point of the exercise was to mock the quaint and idiotic ways of the Russian people.
- You go over to Europe and they have these quaint, darling little retail strips with apartments up above them.
- You know, it sounds quaint now, but the, the Government Printing Office, GPO, they're up on Capitol Hill.
- They don't want to spend the whole three months, but it's a quaint little small town and they weirdly start to feel at home there.
- So that I guess that stuck with me and I had this sort of quaint notion that an engineer could make a difference in Congress.
- And it may seem like a quaint thought in today's world, but it actually was a big feature in in Boston.
Examples
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Through the windows, outside, we can see the quaint little town of Winnipesaukee.
Fiction book (1991) -
On our first date, she took me to a quaint little restaurant out of town.
Fiction book (1997) -
It's so cute and quaint and pretty wonderful, actually.
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It's really quaint and quiet here.
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And now, according to the quaint local custom, it's your turn to tell us what your name is.
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I love to have fresh flowers, and this is just a really quaint, cozy area that we love.
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You go over to Europe and they have these quaint, darling little retail strips with apartments up above them.
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On the one hand, she pictured the quaint, rustic cabin of Romantic poets.
Fiction book (1996) -
This quaint shop, which once housed rare Oriental objects... ...now makes way for the future, Daniel Clamp style.
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On our first date, she took me to a quaint little restaurant out of town.
Synonyms
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4.4
Unusual in a way that is odd but likable
18
6.7
Like music or clothes from a past time that feel warm and familiar
Having the charming style of things from the past
Antonyms
Compounds
How Charming
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quaint comes from an old French word that meant 'clever' or 'known', and it is related to the English word acquaint ('to make known'). Over time the idea of something 'clever' turned into 'unusual' and then into 'attractively old-fashioned', which is why we call charming old houses or decorations 'quaint' today.